People of Prowess: Sport, Leisure, and Labor in Early Anglo-Amerca

(Part of the Sport and Society Series)

by Nancy L. Struna

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Americans have revered prowess in sports going back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Nancy L. Struna explores the significance, meaning, and structure of competitive matches and displays of physical prowess for both men and women in colonial culture. Engrossingly written for the general reader as well as sport and leisure historians, People of Prowess is a pioneering work that explores a rarely examined area of colonial history and society.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252065522

ISBN13:9780252065521

Release Date:August 1996

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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History Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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